I am a nut butter addict. I would be so skinny if nut butter didn't exist! I love them all -- almond, cashew, hazelnut, pecan, mixed nuts and my childhood favorite, peanut. Yes, yes, yes, I know peanuts are not actually nuts, but legumes. And I know peanuts are less healthy than other nuts and ...
No-bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars Recipe (no added sugar)
After I posted these chocolate peanut butter bars on instagram a few months ago, I was harassed, yes harassed! into teaching them in my classes pronto. Of course they look delicious and beautiful and there's no added sugar, so I can see why there would be interest. But, no one could focus in my ...
Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Muffins Recipe
I don't know if you cooked a little or a lot for Thanksgiving (or maybe not at all), but were you like me wishing even a little that everyone would eat a bit more slowly? I mean, that's a lot of cooking just to be inhaled in less than 30 minutes. I whispered to my husband during dinner, "please ...
Banana-Carrot Almond Flour Muffins Recipe
You know what makes me laugh about Passover? When I was growing up (in a very Italian-Catholic home,) my mother was always quite excited when Passover was imminent because matzoh would hit the shelves in the supermarket. And my grandmother was even more excited. I remember Grandma visiting once ...
Homemade Larabars and Laralollipops!
Larabars were one of the first snack bars that I remember buying. There are no scary ingredients, no added sugars or colors, just dates and nuts. I liked having them for the kids in my diaper bag, as a snack for the plane when we traveled, and more recently for all-day soccer tournaments in the ...
moroccan chicken with dates recipe (slow cooker version, too!)
You all know I live in Southern California and perhaps you know we are having a very mild, but super dry winter. We actually have a serious drought happening here. And you might also know that 99% of my entire family lives in the New York/New Jersey area. And they're having a veerrryy different ...
gluten-free fudgy brownies recipe (refined sugar-free)
Have you ever noticed that the best food images are usually of desserts? Every time I go on Tastespotting, it seems like half the photos are sweets. The irony is that I think desserts are the easiest things to make look and taste good. Throw together some sugar, butter and chocolate and it's ...
How To Make Dairy-free Ice Cream!
Did you notice the exclamation point in the title? I need you to know how excited I am about this. !! I'll confess right here that ice cream is probably my favorite food. That I don't eat. Ice cream doesn't agree with me, if I can get personal with you. But I think this is definitely for the ...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Smoothie Recipe
Most of the time we just call this the Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie. Mr. Picky says it's his new favorite and he is usually the one to make it. You should see how many bananas I have to buy to keep up with the acai bowls, banana "ice cream" and the new favorite CPBBO Smoothie. Most cashiers ...
Chocolate Banana Almond Flour Muffins with Chia Seeds Recipe (Gluten-free & Passover Friendly)
There's a new (but not really new) diet in town which everyone is talking about called the Paleolithic Diet or Paleo, for short. Sometimes it's referred to as the Caveman or Hunter-Gatherer Diet and it focuses on the foods humans ate pre-industrial agriculture. The idea is that our bodies ...
Healthful Vegan Mint Chip Smoothie Recipe
I quietly went dairy-free recently which made me a little bummed out because I love yogurt and feta and Pecorino Romano cheese. My acupuncturist was begging me for years to break up with dairy once and for all so that I might be able to stop complaining about this and that. Sure enough, without ...